Table of Contents

Contents

Background

HTML is a general-purpose markup language used for electronic documents, mostly for onscreen reading.
Some content, however, is more suitable for other kinds of presentation and being able to reuse the same content for different media types has been a design goal or HTML and CSS.

It has been shown possible to use HTML as a format for book publishing. In the authoring process, it was helpful to use a set of class name on HTML element to further classify content. The classes, along with their associated structural elements, mostly served as hooks for the associated style sheet. In particular, the class names helped separate the content into different sections of a book.

Parts of a book

The user interface of books is fairly standarized. There is typically a front cover that includes the title of the book and the name of the author(s). Inside the cover, one will find a table of contents, chapters, and index and so forth. The table below lists commonly used sections.

frontcover

The front cover

halftitlepage

The halftitle page is simple with only the title of the book, and perhaps the name of the authors

titlepage

The title page contains (at least) the book title, the name of the author and the name of the publisher

imprint

The imprint page typically starts with a copyright statement and also contains information about where the book is printed, its ISBN number etc.

dedication

The dedication page is where you find "for mom"

inspiration

Many books contain inspirational quotes by other authors

foreword

Many books contain a foreword written by someone other than the authors

preface

The preface is written by the authors and often contains an acknowledgement of other contributors

toc

Table of Contents

lot

List of Tables

lof

List of Figures

chapter

The content itself content is typically organized in numbered chapters.

uchapter

Many books contain unnumbered chapters, e.g., an introduction or a postscript

part

Some books organize sets of chapters into parts

references

References from the text of the book are often listed in a separate section

appendix

Additional information can be organized into appendices

biblio

The bibliography lists other books and sources for further reading

glossary

The glossary defines terms used in the book

index

The index is a list of keyword with page references

colophon

The colophon page contains information about the production of the book

promotion

Promotional material from the publisher, e.g., a list of other titles in the same series